I've wrote about this before, but I'll try again:
Got an interesting issue with the clutch. I use the bike to teach MSF classes every now & then. In the box, I drag the clutch pretty good, and def got it hot last year. I pulled the clutch basket this morning, and cleaned the steels, and measured the fibers. All at 3mm. No warpage on the steels. Filed the basket edges, and put it all back together. Adjusted the throwout bearing, per the manual. Anywho, in the driveway, same issue as last Fall: as I pull the clutch in, and rev it slightly, you can feel the pressure in the clutch disappear (almost like it loses hydraulic pressure). The other issue is it's hard to downshift (upshifts fine). Here are my thoughts: the fibers may be in spec, but they're burned up, and not providing grab (they're very dark in color). Or, despite adjusting the TOB per the manual, it's really not adjusted correctly. Thoughts?
Got an interesting issue with the clutch. I use the bike to teach MSF classes every now & then. In the box, I drag the clutch pretty good, and def got it hot last year. I pulled the clutch basket this morning, and cleaned the steels, and measured the fibers. All at 3mm. No warpage on the steels. Filed the basket edges, and put it all back together. Adjusted the throwout bearing, per the manual. Anywho, in the driveway, same issue as last Fall: as I pull the clutch in, and rev it slightly, you can feel the pressure in the clutch disappear (almost like it loses hydraulic pressure). The other issue is it's hard to downshift (upshifts fine). Here are my thoughts: the fibers may be in spec, but they're burned up, and not providing grab (they're very dark in color). Or, despite adjusting the TOB per the manual, it's really not adjusted correctly. Thoughts?
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